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Session 7
Listen to find out how to talk about someone’s appearance in English.
α α₯ααααα α΅αα αα΅ α°α α¨αα αα
α³ α₯αα΄α΅ ααα«α΅ α₯αα°αα»α αααα
αααα α«α³αα‘α’
αααααα«α΅ 7 αα₯α₯α’
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Activity 1
How do I talk about someone's appearance?
α¨αααααΈαα α°αα½ αα«α αα
α³ α΅αα₯α«α« α₯α© α¨αα£α αααα αα¨α α₯αα΄α΅ αα΅α α΅ α₯αα½ααα?
αααα αααα
α¨αα¬αα ααα α«α³αα‘α’
αααΆα½αα ααα£α«α΅ αα³αα₯αα ααα₯αα’ α ααα α α¨α³α½ α«αα α αα αα α«αα³α΅α©α΅α’
αα©α£α€α
α€α αα΅α₯ααα€ α₯αα³α αα° How do I… ααα
α³α½α α α°α
α αα‘α’ α α°α°αααα½α α₯α αα©α£α€α αα…
Tom
And, hi everybody! I’m Tom, welcome to today’s episode of How do I…!
αα©α£α€α
α αα
ααα
α΅ α¨α αα΅ α°α α α«αα αα
α³ αα α₯αα°ααα΅α α¨ααααα
α£α½α αα© αα© ααααΆα½α α₯αααα¨α³ααα’ ααα± α°αααͺαα½ α°αα½α α₯α¨ααα ααα€ α°ααΉα ‘mother’ α₯αα΅ α₯α α¨ααα΅ αα°α ‘boyfriend’ ααΈαα’ α«α³αα‘α α₯α«ααα αααα±α€ ‘blonde hair’ αααα ααα α«αα α¨α΅αα α°α αα?
What does your boyfriend look like?
He's tall and has short, blonde hair.
What does your mother look like?
She's quite short and has long, dark hair.
αα©α£α€α
α α³αα£α½α? α¨ααααͺα«α α°αααͺ α¨ααα΅ αα°α ‘short, blonde hair’ α ααα’
Tom
So, let’s begin today’s lesson on appearance!
αα©α£α€α
α₯α½α€ ‘look like’ α₯αα
αα α«αα΅ αα³α ααα΅ ααα΅ ααΈαα’ α΅α α αα΅ α°α α α«αα αα½α³ ααααα½ α₯αα αααΈαααα’
α°αααͺααΉ α΅αα°αα½ α α«αα αα
α³ ααα α¨α
αα α α? α¨α°α ααα΅ ‘do’ αααα΅ ‘does’ αα?
Tom
Let’s listen again to find out!
What does your boyfriend look like?
What does your mother look like?
αα©α£α€α
α α³αα£α½αα΅? α¨ ‘do’ α¨αΆα΅α°α αα°α₯ α
αα
α¨αααα ‘does’ α°α α
αααα’ α α₯α«α α
αα
α²αα ααα α¨ ‘he’α₯ ‘she’ αααα ‘it’ αα ‘does’ α αα ααααα’ αΆα α₯α£αα
α α¨α₯α«ααα α αα£α α₯ αα³α¨α΅ α΅α½ααα
?
Tom
Of course!
Let’s work backwards to help with our rhythm. Repeat after me:
…does your…
What does your…
Now let’s make it complete! Let’s add ‘mother’ and ‘look like’. ‘Mother’ and ‘look’ have strong stress.
What does your mother look like?
αα©α£α€α
α α£α α₯α©! α₯αα α³ααα α₯α© α°αααͺ αααα! αα₯α«αα ααα΅ ααα΅α α΅ α¨ ‘be’ α₯α ‘have’ α
ααα½ α₯αα ααααα’ α¨α΅ααα α¨ ‘be’ α
αα
αα α¨α°α ααα΅?
He's tall and has short, blonde hair.
She's quite short and has long, dark hair.
Tom
They say ‘he’s’ or ‘she’s’. The speakers are using the short form of ‘is’.
αα©α£α€α
α₯αα
αα ‘is’ α¨αααα α¨ ‘be’ α
αα
α¨α°α αα α αα α°αααͺααΉ α₯α¨αααΉα΅ α¨αα α¨αα α°α αα α αααααα’ α΅αα°αα½ αα΅αα₯ α α«αα α
αα
ααααα α₯αα²αα α΅αα°αα½ α«ααα α ααα«α¨α΅ ααααα
α α₯αα ααα α³ααα’
Tom
The first speaker says ‘he’s tall’. The second speaker says ‘she’s quite short’.
αα©α£α€α
α΅ααα ααα’ ‘Tall’ α¨ ‘short’ α°αα«α ααα’ ‘Quite’ ααα΅ ‘not very’ α₯αα° ααα΅ ααα’ ‘Quite short’ α΅αα ‘short’ α¨α°α£ααα αα α₯αα«α¬ α₯αα³αα°αααα’
That’s not all! α¨αααα αααα΅ α₯α ααα ααααα
‘have’ α₯αα ααααα’ α¨ααα αααα α¨αα³α°α α¨αα΅ αα
α³αα½αα αααααα’
α°αααͺααΉ α¨ααα΅ αα°ααΈα α₯α α₯αα³αΈα ‘have’ αα α₯αα³ααΈα α¨α°ααα©α΅ αα αα α? α₯αα³αα₯α’
He's tall and has short, blonde hair.
She's quite short and has long, dark hair.
αα©α£α€α
α₯αα
αα ‘have’ α΅αααα αααα«α΅ α°α α
ααα α³αα’ ‘Has’ α¨ ‘have’ αΆα΅α°α αα°α₯ α
αα
α²αα α¨ ‘he’α₯‘she’ αααα ‘it’ αα α₯αα₯αααααα’ αα₯ αα α! ‘A’ α¨ ‘hair’ αα α αα ααααα’ α₯αα±α αα΅α¨α α΅αα αα΅ αα α ααα ααα«α΅ αααα₯ααα’
Tom
OK! Now, time to practise!
αα©α£α€α
α ααααͺα« αα½α α α£α α¨α°α°α°α°α½ α΄α΅ α«α³αα‘α’ α΅αααα΅α αα α¨αα³αα«α?
Hey! I’m so happy! I have a new boyfriend!
αα©α£α€α
ααααα! α¨ααα΅ αα°α! ‘α¨ααα΅ αα°αα½ αα ααα΅αα?’ α₯αα α¨αα ααα΅ α₯αα΄α΅ αα?
Tom
What does your boyfriend look like? You could also say ‘what does he look like’?
αα©α£α€α
α°αα³α³α ααα αα α«αα΅?
α αα α₯αα΅αα αα₯α«αα ααα΅ ααα΅α α΅ αααα©α’
What does your best friend look like?
αα©α£α€α
‘α αα α α αα α΅α΅αα α¨α
α ααα α αα΅’ αα αα’
Tom
She’s quite short and has long hair.
αα©α£α€α
α α£α α₯α©! α«α΅α³αα± ‘quite’ α α₯αα± ααα΅ ααα’
Tom
Great! So, now you know how to describe appearance, practise with some of your friends!
αα©α£α€α
ααα α΅αα
α¨ How do I… ααα
α΅ α ααα₯αα α³ααα΅ αα¨α³α°ααα α ααααα’ Bye!
Tom
Bye, everyone! See you next time.
Learn more!
1. α΅αα αα΅ α°α αα«α αα
α³ α₯αα΄α΅ αα α¨α
α₯α½ααα?
α΅αα αα΅ α°α αα«α αα
α³ α΅αα αα
α α₯α© αα΅ 'look' ααα°α ααα€ ααα°α α¨αα α αα΅ αα α αα΅ αα α ααα 'look like' α¨α°α£ααα αα¨α ααα₯α«αα’
'Do' α¨α₯α«α α
αα
α₯αα΅ααα°αα΅ α¨αα«ααα α¨α³α΅ αα΅ ααα’ α΅α 'he' αααα α΅α 'she' α΅αα αα
'does' α¨α°α£ααα α
αα
α₯αα ααααα€ α¨ααα± α
α°α α°α¨α°α α₯αα°αα¨α°αα ααα‘
What does he/ she look like?
2. α΅αα αα΅ α°α αα«α αα
α³ α₯αα΄α΅ αα α¨α
α₯α½ααα?
'Be' α¨α αα΅α α°α αα«α αα
α³ ααααα
α¨ααα ααα α΅ αα ααα€ 'is' α¨ 'be' α¦α΅α°α αα°α₯ ααα’ 'Be' α΅αα αα΅ α°α ααα΅ αααα«α΅ ααα ααα α΅ α₯αα½αααα’ 'Tall' α₯α 'short' ααα΅α ααααα
α ααα΅α¨α ααααα΅ α¨αα°α‘ ααα ααα΅ ααΈαα’
He is tall.
'Be' α΅αα αα΅ α°α αα΅α α₯α α¨α α«α ααα£α³ α₯αα²αα α΅αα αα΅ α°α α«ααα α ααα«α¨α΅ ααααα α₯αα ααα α³ααα’ αααα ααααα ααα ααα£αΈα α¨ααα½ααΈα α α αα½ 'pretty' ααα (αα΄α΅) α₯α 'handsome' ααα¨ ααα«α (αααα΅) ααΈαα’
She is 25 years old.
She is pretty.
He is tall and thin.
α αα³αα΅ αα 'quite' α¨α°α£ααα ααα αα΅ α₯αα ααααα’ 'Quite' α¨α α αα αααα α¨αααα α₯αα«α¬ ααααα΅ α¨ααα ααα α΅ αα ααα€ α αα α α¨ααα΅ α«α α ααα’
She is quite short.
He is quite tall.
3. α αα΅α α°α ααααα
'have' αα αα α₯α½ααα?
'Have' α¨ααα αααα΅ α₯α ααα α₯αα²αα α¨ααα αααα α¨αα³α°α α¨αα΅ αα
α³αα½α ααααα
α₯αα ααα α³ααα’ α¨ 'have' α¦α΅α°α αα°α₯ α
αα
'has' ααα’
He has short, blonde hair.
She has big blue eyes.
'A' α¨ 'hair' αα α₯αα°ααα ααα αα₯ αα αα’ α₯αα±α αα΅α¨α α΅αα αα΅ αα α ααα ααα«α΅ αααα₯ααα’ α¨αα α α£α»αα α¨ααα ααα α αα΅ αααα΅α αααα αααα₯ααα’
α΅αα αα΅ α°α αα«α αα α³ α₯αα΄α΅ αα α¨α α₯α½ααα?
3 Questions
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘
ααα
ααα΅ ααα΅α αα αα αααα₯ααα’Question 1 of 3
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘
ααα
α₯αα αα α¨α α¨αα° ααα© α£αα€α΅ she ααα€ α΅ααα α αα± α¨αα°α¨α³α α αα ααα¨α«αα’Question 2 of 3
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘
ααα
α«α΅α³αα±α€ α¨ααα ααα α αα΅ α΅αααααα α₯ααα«ααα’Question 3 of 3
Excellent!Great job!αα₯α α₯α΅α αα₯α₯ α α΅αααα αα :
Can you describe the appearance of somebody you know in English? Tell us on our Facebook group!
α αα΅ α¨αα«ααα΅α α°α αα«α αα
α³ α α₯ααααα αααα
αα½αα? α αα΅α‘α α‘α΅αα½α αααα αααα©αα’
Join us for our next episode of How do I…, when we will learn more useful language and practise your listening skills.
α αα ααααα½α ααααα α¨αα³αα₯ αα
αα΅αα α αααα΅ ααα³α α αα£α©α How do I… ααα
α³α½αα αα¨α³α°αα’
Session Vocabulary
mother
α₯αα΅
boyfriend
α¨ααα΅ αα°α
pretty
ααα (αα΄α΅)
handsome
ααα¨ ααα«α (αααα΅)
long
α¨α α
short
α αα
blonde
α£αααα α ααα
dark
α₯αα
blue
α°αα«α
tall
α¨α α